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Originally Posted by ketch90
I had absolutely no idea that violins were muted. I know that you can palm mute a guitar, but I didn't think it went any past that.
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Palm muting stops the strings from vibrating. Violin mutes stop the bridge from vibrating.
However, you can "palm mute" a violin too. It's usually done with the pinky and gives a sort of harmonic sound ... can't remember the marking for that one. I think it's a little triangle or "degree" symbol above the note(s) being affected. Don't confuse this with open string harmonics.
Too much information. I stopped playing violin when I was 17 after 10 years of lessons.